Willian has revealed that Fulham want him to stay at Craven Cottage – but the veteran Brazilian winger insists he has yet to make up his mind on his precise future plans.
The 35 year-old has been a revelation since he signed for the Whites on a free transfer after cancelling his Corinthians contract in September 2022 and extended his current deal with the west London club last summer after interest from Saudi Arabia and Nottingham Forest.
In the second instalment of his interview with Trivela, Willian said:
“Staying in London, I think it would be good, it would be perfect. But I still haven’t decided what my next step will be. As you said, I’m already 35, I’m coming to the end of my career, right? So you have to think very carefully about your decisions, what’s going to be the best place, what’s going to be the next step. But if I could, of course, stay in London, be in London, it would be good, it would be perfect.
Fulham have already signalled that they want me to stay. They want me to stay, to renew my contract. But together with my agent, we’ve said that we’ll only resolve this at the end of the season. I think the best way to do it at the moment is to tell them to wait, because I also have to decide if it’s going to be here or if I’m going somewhere else, so I told them to wait a bit.”
You have time left in your ammunition bag,mate.
Stay with Fulham!
Watching Brazil v England, I think you are still good enough to play for your national team
It would be a pity were he to leave. Loves London, family love London looks like he’s angling for that final big payday. Can’t blame him I suppose but imagine he has put quite a few quid in the bank during a very successful career. Options, Nottingham Forest, I don’t think they’ll be recruiting next season, Saudi Arabia? Would you want to unstick a young family for there? Mind you for XXX millions he could leave them here for a year or two. FFC can’t compete with that, we can only hope he plays out his time in SW6.
he has played well this year, but let’s be honest at his age there will be a drop off around the corner soon. The club will have to weigh up the risk of that and make a decision. As David C said as well, big bucks from Saudi will be a factor, he turned it down once but a second chance might be too tempting. And tbh i wouldn’t blame him at this stage of his career. Either way he’s done great for fulham
Hope he stays…but…is it just me or are the signs there this season that time is starting to catch up just a little compared to last season.